Dead girl cameo : a love song in poems /
In Dead Girl Cameo, m. mick powell closely examines the experiences of Aaliyah Haughton, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Whitney Houston and other notable superstars who died tragically too soon. How did these starlets challenge conventional representations of Black femininity and friendship, and f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
One World,
[2025].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In Dead Girl Cameo, m. mick powell closely examines the experiences of Aaliyah Haughton, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Whitney Houston and other notable superstars who died tragically too soon. How did these starlets challenge conventional representations of Black femininity and friendship, and forever transform the musical landscape? How were the artistries of these women of color impacted by surviving in the limelight and, often, in the very same industry as their abusers? How did the literal and metaphorical deaths of these Black women superstars establish legacies of Black queer femme existence and afterlife? In stunning imagery and sensual wordplay using ekphrasis, erasure, digital collage, archival research and speculative nonfiction in verse, Dead Girl Cameo traverses the intimate realms of superstars to reconfigure Black girlhood, survivorhood, femme friendship and queer fandom. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 119 pages : portrait ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780593733998 0593733991 |